Game



' Jan. 19 1926.

1,570,517 H. B. MINNICK GAME Filed May 3. 1922 ifv Patented Jam.v 19, 1926;.

, Y Application.filedt tMay.

To allwhomt mag/concern: f Y

'Be it known that I, VHOWARD B. MINNIQK, a citizen of the United States, `rresiding at Chicago, in the county ofjCook.v and State of Illinois, have invented a certainnew andy useful Improvement in Games, of which'the l v erably a round lead-like weight,'like .a piece l .following is a specification.

'Ihe object o f `my invention islto provide 'van amusing, interesting and quasi-educareferred to. Y

the movable objects, the platesr thereof be-` tional, game requiring a degree of'skill toY secure the most Asatisfactory'Qresultsfto the player.

vA further object isrtoV provide suehfa gamefand rules governing the same, that ity lmay partake of the nature of a ycompetitive play between those engaging in it, the playnot` being limited to any certain nun'iber-l of people. I Y A further object isk to provide such a construction for my device that itrwill. be strong, durable, and inexpensive to produce,

and it will be easily operated and underf stood.-

My invention consists primarily in a plate provided with a number of recesses adapted .to receive, andretain when placed therein, movable and erratically moving objects, the

recesses being-numbered to denote la 'certain'.

number which is to be added or subtracted, as the case may be, from the players total score when the object comes to rest in its recess.4 'Ihe plate is preferably provided with upwardly extending flanges on all of its sides so as to; keep the moving objects from rolling off the plate. A preferable construction is to havethese sides extend uplp wardly inbox form, and to place atransy parent material over the top,thereby come pletely closing the moving objects Within a box, the base of which constitutes the ,plate In the drawings I have illustrated af preferable construction for my device, in' which Fig. 1shows a planviiew.

view.

Fig. 3 shows preferablerconstruction off ing separated, but in juxtaposition.

- fied formofmy device.

Fig. 4 showsY a detailed view of a modi- I Fig. 5A is a sectional view takenlon vthe.

line 5-5 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

reference numeral 10 is used to indicate the *plate (which, in the drawing is shownasthe yFig.V `2 shows a longitudinal "sectional" other purpose. Y

Various changes may bey made inmy de- Vvice withoutaltering the spirit ofrmyinven'- j" 1922.y serial No.! e,149.

movable objects. The numeral 13 indicates the objects Vwhich are preferablyconstruct'f e'd of'two' telescoped mating capsule members, ,1eav and 1311 wah a Weight 14.` (pref-Y..k

lof shot) enclosedwithinf the'two members forming the capsule. TheV vni'imerals 15 indcatewthe yupwardly extendingY sides of the plate, and the numeral k16 indicatesthe transparent-`material i (preferably glass) which@ forms a top which is secured on top of the flanges,r the [whole ofthe plate,rsides and top forming a boxlikeV arrangement with a transparent top.l

As above indicated, the recesses are'numrbered asy desired, and for symmetry and pleasing appearance, `these are arranged cir'A cumferentially around a center, the plate'being painted with stripescircling the center, similar to afbulls eye on a target.

.inmy modified form (Fig. 4)1 show y hazards 17, which 'may be placed inV closeproximity to the, recesses, to thereby Vmake it moreediiiicult for the voperator to seat a capsule within ay particular recess.

The rules governing the game played are preferably thatI when one of the plurality of moving objectsbecome seated in azero recess, that `the total number `of the score obtained from the addition of the numbers accompanying the recesses. in which the other objects seat themselves shall be deducted' from thetotal score of the.

layer. If theplayer is-suliiciently fortunate that by tilting o r tipping the plate, he

i can seat the obj'ectsfonlyinrecesses whichA have numerals; other than vZero,'the`n this to to i be ,i

ital is to: be added to theV score of the player. 'V The total score constituting ka game, .may be;

placed at any. desired figure, andl when one f ofthe players, in h isturn, attains that score he has won the game. c

I am aware that games some of which. are numbered f andsome of whichy have a' zero indication, used for the purpose of constituting a game,-or for any 10o similar to this are" inexistence, andthat some of 'thesam'e Vhave been patented,.but in vall such thatI have. observed, there has never been the utiliza- A l tion of a plate ofv this kind with.v recesses,

tion, and I do not desire to be understood as:r4

limiting this application, other than is set jects, said recesses bearing certain numbers forth in the appended claim. or zero characters; being arrarigged circum- Having thus described my invention, what ferentially around a center, said plate be- I claim and desire to secure by Letters Paing painted with stripes similar to the 5 tent of the United States, is: bulls eye on a target hazards on the plate 15 A game comprising a receptacle and a positioned in close proximity to their retransparent cover therefor; a plate posispeetive recesses; movable objects to be tioned in the base of the receptacle and seatedA in theY recesses, substantially as and provided With a plurality of recesses to for the purposes set forth.

10 receive and temporarily retainznovabley ob- HOWARD B. MNNICK. 

